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Innovation Lab

Applied engineering for the systems that move the world.

The Innovation Lab is where our rail, IoT and ML teams work on hard problems before they ship as products. Right now, the focus is railway software systems for operators, rolling stock OEMs and infrastructure managers.

Focus area

Railway Software Systems.

A dedicated practice for rolling stock telematics, depot operations, signaling integrations and passenger systems. Built by engineers who have sat in ops centers at 3 a.m.

Rolling stock telematics

Onboard gateways, sensor fusion and edge analytics wired into CMMS and ERP. Live fleet visibility with measured latency under 2 seconds.

Depot and MRO operations

Workshop scheduling, predictive parts logistics, digital work orders and skills-based dispatch. Built on patterns we deployed across 9 depots.

Condition-based maintenance

ML models for wheel, traction, HVAC and door subsystems. Proven in production to reduce unscheduled withdrawals across EMU fleets.

Signaling and trackside

ETCS-aware integrations, asset registries and trackside data acquisition pipelines. We speak TCN, MVB and Ethernet Train Backbone.

Passenger experience

Passenger information systems, journey companions and occupancy analytics. Accessibility at WCAG 2.2 AA is the baseline, not a stretch goal.

Cybersecurity (TS 50701)

Cyber-physical risk assessments, secure OTA and zero-trust onboard networks. Evidence pipelines instead of audit fire-drills.

Outcomes

Numbers that matter on the timetable.

38%
Fewer unscheduled fleet withdrawals
+22%
Mean time between failures
45%
Shorter depot work-order cycle
99.94%
Onboard system uptime
Standards and integrations

Speaks the language of rail.

EN 50155
TS 50701
IEC 61375 (TCN)
ETCS / ERTMS
GTFS-RT
S1000D
RAMS / EN 50126
OPC-UA
MQTT / Sparkplug B
Adjacent research

What else is on the bench.

Edge ML for vision QA

Real-time defect detection on low-power industrial cameras. Prototype running on RTX class GPUs with sub-50ms inference.

GenAI for maintenance

Grounded RAG over CMMS, manuals and historian data. Built to cut investigation time on incidents, not to write marketing copy.

Safety-case tooling

Automation around EN 50126 artifacts, hazard logs and traceability. Evidence that survives assessor review.

Modernize your fleet, depot or operations control.

Book an architecture review with our railway leadership. No slide deck, just answers.

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